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'Tommie Tank' Helps Students Learn to Finance Ventures

The course improved students’ confidence, helped build a student-alumni community, and enhanced students’ connection to what raising money actually means. Two-and-a-half years ago, we set out to Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Jay Ebben

Entrepreneurship Education Must Start Before College

While technology continues to replace human endeavor, society hasn’t yet discerned how to address its impact on future workforce economic well-being. Until recently the impact has primarily been on Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Roy Carriker

Teaching Students to Design and Commercialize New Products: A Journey in its Third Decade

Many schools want entrepreneurship classes that are “cross-campus” and “experiential.” This class at University of Minnesota does both. Entrepreneurship education takes a variety of forms. In Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Daniel Forbes

Why Do Students Need to Learn and Experience Entrepreneurship?

Students need to be prepared for a world that has an unprecedented and every accelerating rate of change. University entrepreneurship curricular and co-curricular programs provide a great environment Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Ken Harrington

How Wash U Teaches Students to Think Like Entrepreneurs

How can schools create an environment that offers a continuum of learning and experiences in entrepreneurship, and develop students into entrepreneurs with lifelong skills that can be tapped when Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Ken Harrington

Babson's Signature Entrepreneurship Course

Babson College’s flagship undergraduate course, “Foundations of Management and Entrepreneurship (FME),” was created in 1996 (as Foundation Management Experience) to give all first year Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Yasuhiro (Yasu) Yamakawa

How Successful Entrepreneurs Prepare, Partner, Perform & Find Purpose

Research based on hundreds of founder histories shows that thriving entrepreneurs prepare deeply, build strong teams, stay resourceful and serve customers exceptionally well. This paper is based on a Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Michael Glauser and Dan Holland

How Entrepreneurs Can Give a Winning Business Presentation

One glaring mistake can undermine an otherwise excellent pitch. Learn how research, preparation, clear messaging and practice can eliminate investor doubts. We've all seen a presentation, sales pitch Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Joan Moser

How Partnerships Helped Il Panino Grow From Struggling Startup to Successful Restaurant

Il Panino owner Themistocles Vlahoulis explains how mentoring and student consulting helped him improve marketing, solve business problems and open a second location. Despite his economics degree and Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

How Eric Martell Built EatStreet From a College Idea Into a Growing Startup

Eric Martell explains how a simple food delivery idea became EatStreet, serving thousands of restaurants and college students across more than 100 cities. Eric Martell co-founded EatStreet as a Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Jon Eckhardt